Forest Hills Nursery donates statues honoring police officers and firefighters

Michael and Joy Segars of Forest Hills Nursery & Palm Trees donated The Fireman’s Prayer statue and The Policeman’s Prayer statue to the City of North Charleston for display in the City Hall traffic circle. Each statue pays tribute to our public safety servicemen and women for their ongoing daily work, as well as the family members who provide support at home.

5th Annual National Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition Winners

Sculpture artists from across the nation applied to the fifth annual National Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition. Presented by the City of North Charleston Cultural Arts Department, this unique, eleven month exhibition offers established and emerging artists the opportunity to display their thought provoking, extraordinary sculptures, as well as compete for up to $14,750 in Exhibition Honorariums and Awards. Eleven sculptures were selected by the juror, Stuart Hordoner, Artistic Director of the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center. Once installed at the exhibition site, the juror then selected pieces to receive awards for Best in Show, 2nd Place, and Honorable Mention.

The eleven sculptures selected for exhibition are by eleven artists from seven states. Division I includes ten sculptures that are anchored to a concrete pad or in the grass. Division II includes one sculpture that is secured to a concrete pedestal.

Division I

• “Mass Murder Machine” (steel, iron, and aluminum) (2nd Place)
  by Doug Barton - Athens, GA
  
  
  
  
• “Prism Arc SC” (painted steel) (Honorable Mention)
  by Carl Billingsly – Ayden, NC
  
  
  
  
• “Cube” (corten steel)
  by Dana Gingras – Moorseville, NC
  
  
• “Fools Buoy” (steel and concrete) (Honorable Mention)
  by Roger Halligan – Chattanooga, TN
  
  
  
  
• “Two Headed Ass” (steel) (Best in Show)
  by George Long – Roswell, GA
  
  
  
  
• “Boat Nest, Elevation of Divergence” (steel)
  by Corrina Mensoff – Atlanta, GA
  
  
• “Between Hope and Despair” (steel and stone)
  by Philip Smith – Columbia, MD
  
  
• “Ball Joint” (cast iron and bronze) (Honorable Mention)
  by Kristy Summers – Carbondale, IL
  
  
• “La Fleur da Vie” (steel)
  by TEKLA – Black Mountain, NC
  
  
• “Inside the Vee” (steel and recycled materials)
  by Bob Turan – Earlton, NY
  

Division II

• “End of Time” (recycled metal)
  by Jim Shultz – North Charleston, SC
  

Sculpture sites are located throughout the picturesque Riverfront Park set on the banks of the beautiful Cooper River. Visitors may enjoy ten acres of walking paths, a performance pavilion, picnic shelter, a fishing pier and boardwalk, an oversized sandbox, and children’s play fountain.

The 2010/11 National Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition will be on display May 1, 2010 – March 25, 2011.

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